Grip fastening for suspenders for hose



March-6, 1934. PUGNIET 1,950,064

GRIP FASTENING FOR SUSPENDERS FOR HOSE Filed Jan. 16, 1933 Patented Mar. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Paul Pugniet, Paris, France Application January is, 1933, Serial No. 651,983

In France January 25 1932 2 Claims. ((31. 24-245) This invention refers to improvements in grip festenings for hose suspenders provided with rubber button tabs in which the tension effort is taken by the metallic button loop itself and not Q by the rubber tab which serves only to grip the sock or stocking. Q

In the grip fastenings of this kind at present in use, the rubber tab is fixed either by gripping means or by wedging the rubber in openings.

M which complicates the manufacture. Further,

these button loops of metallic wire are of a comparatively great thickness as the loops are connected to the body of the fastener by the intermediary of a specially shaped member.

The present invention avoids thesedimculties by the fact that the thickness of the button loop is reduced to the minimum, the upper part of the rubber button tab being fixed to a ring having a diameter greater than that .of the metal wire a constituting the button loop. itself, in such a way as to prevent all deterioration of the sock or stocking by metal parts.

The attached drawing shows one of the invention by way of example.

25 Fig. 1 is a front view of the rubber button tab.

I Fig. 2 is a section'thereof.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the ring support itself.

Fig. 4 shows the rubber button tab mounted on this ring.

Fig. 5 shows the complete fastener in elevation,

and

Fig. 6 is a section of Fig. 5.

According to Figs. 1 and 2, the rubber button tab 1 is formed in a single moulded piece. Its

3 upper rounded part is provided with an aperture a of which the diameter corresponds to that of the metal wire employed for the ring 3. The lower end of this rubber 'tab member 1 embodies a gripping projection or button 2.

The ring 3 of flattened form is of metal wire bent as shown in Fig. 3 and embodies two bends b. Therubbertab 1 isintroducedontothering 3, the extremities of which are slightly separated to facilitate assembly.

The body of the button loop 4 is then mounted embodiment on the ring 3 in the bends b, optionally by means of the extremities c which are coiled round said bends.

The fastenin'g device is thus completed. As will 1 be seen, the need for the metal pin or ring destined to connect the ring 3 and the button loop 4 utilized in suspender fastenings is avoided andthe thickness of the fastener is correspondingly reduced. e

The projecting portions of the coiled parts 0 .5 formed by rollingthe button loop 4 on the ring 3 cannot be of any inconvenience for they are protected by the upper part of the rubber tab 1 which is slightly greater in thickness than said coiled parts. The joint between the two extremi- 7o ties of the ring is enclosed bythe rubber tab.

It is to be understood that the rubber tab may be mounted on 'a specially shaped metal or other button loop. In this case, hooks would be provided in this loop for mounting the rubber button tab such as described.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is:

1. A grip fastener for hose suspenders comprising a flattened ring, a rubber tab with a tubum lar portion at one end to fit on to said ring. a 7

'wire button loop of 'U-shape but narrowed towards its base, said loop being pivoted to said ring by the ends of the arms being coiled around thewireoftheringatthesideedgesofthe said tubular portion, and a button at the opposite end of the rubber tab adapted to engage the nan rowed portion of the button loop. 2. A grip fastener for hose suspenders comprising a flattened ring, a pair of depressions in one side of said ring. a wirebutton'loop of U shape,

the ends of whose arms are coiled around said depressions as a pivot, a. rubber tab having an enlarged tubular head portion accommodated on said ring between the depressions thereof, said head portion having a greater thickness than that of the coiled parts of the button loop and 'a button on said rubberstrlp to fit closely within a narrowed part of thebutton loop.

PAUL PUGNIET. no 

